Jade's Blog: Animal Rescue

Okay Gentle Readers – It’s been quite while since you’ve heard from me – and all I can say is I wonder how many more atrocities are we going to witness in this country toward animals before we stand up and say ENOUGH!

Besides working with several groups who are doing everything possible to stop the insanity of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the massive destruction of wildlife from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, there are days when it feels shameful to be part of the human race that creates such devastation on creatures who can’t fight back.

So my post today, and future ones as well, will be to bring the information that has been gathered to your attention and open up the discussion for any ideas you may have that all of us have missed. Starting with the BLM: 1971 Wild Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Act.
Wild Horse Annie Act – Public Law 86-234
Use of aircraft or motor vehicles to hunt certain wild horses or burros; pollution of watering holes
(a) Whoever uses an aircraft or a motor vehicle to hunt, for the purpose of capturing or killing, any wild unbranded horse, mare, colt, or burro running at large on any of the public land or ranges shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.
(b) Whoever pollutes or causes the pollution of any watering hole on any of the public land or ranges for the purpose of trapping, killing, wounding, or maiming any of the animals referred to in subsection (a) of this section shall be fined under this title, or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.
(c) As used in subsection (a) of this section—
(1) The term “aircraft” means any contrivance used for flight in the air; and
(2) The term “motor vehicle” includes an automobile, automobile truck, automobile wagon, motorcycle, or any other self-propelled vehicle designed for running on land.

Public Law 94-579, the Federal Land Policy and Management Act dated Oct. 21, 1976, amended the Wild Free-Roaming Horse and Burro Act of 1971 to allow the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture to use or contract for the use of helicopters and motorized vehicles to manage wild horses and burros on public lands, thus bypassing the Wild Horse Annie Act.

Now we have an Interior Secretary, Ken Salazar, who has chosen to ignore the laws of our land and the vocal outrage by the people themselves by moving ahead with insane ideas of moving them all to the midwest – purchasing land for a “wild horse preserve” and sticking them into a part of the country that’s totally different than what they’ve always known – very reminiscent of how the Native American tribes were removed from their land and sent to places like Florida where many died from diseases they never heard of. We also now know that a pipeline is being planned to run through that “public land” (note: we the public supposedly OWN that land!) and that’s part of the reason the horses need to be removed, plus the Ruby Pipeline plan is something BP (Gulf of Mexico) is ALSO involved in!!! Where do WE draw the line and say ENOUGH!?

If you are not up to date on this information, join Wild Horses and Burros Group or American Indian People For Wild Horses on Facebook to find out what’s going on in defiance of what WE THE PEOPLE are saying (remember, WE pay the salaries of the government officials!).

There’s an injuction in place that’s being ignored, they were to leave herds alone that had new foals, but the plan is in motion to round them up tomorrow (Sat 7/10/10) with foals that are only days old. Get involved – may noise – write your representatives (for whatever good they do anymore) and stop this insanity on land … since we can’t seem to stop the insanity that happening in the gulf. The time has come that we need to step up and be heard. They don’t have a voice to protest – we can do that for them. Thanks – and feel free to post anything that might help in any way. I’m back and I’m angry about what’s taking place. Hope you are too. Blessed Be!